{"id":7709,"date":"2011-07-13T08:27:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T16:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=7709"},"modified":"2011-06-27T08:28:46","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T16:28:46","slug":"b-school-facilities-new-study-spaces-at-top-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/b-school-facilities-new-study-spaces-at-top-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"B-School Facilities: New Study Spaces at Top Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This post was written by Meghan Daniels. For more Knewton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/gmat\/\">GMAT prep<\/a> advice, check out the Knewton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/blog\/gmat\/\">GMAT blog<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The  most important part of b-school is almost certainly the people -- professors, fellow students, alumni, recruiters, etc. But if you\u2019re  shelling out the cash to attend a top school, you should also keep in  mind the school's facilities.<\/p>\n<p>In  the past few years, several top schools have made massive improvements to their campuses; others have major plans in the works.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few  notable developments:<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Stanford Graduate School of Business: Knight Management Center<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/knight-center1.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/knight-center2.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/knightcenter3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15353 aligncenter\" title=\"knightcenter3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/knightcenter3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After  10 years of planning and 3 years of construction, Stanford unveiled its  brand-new Knight Management Center in April 2011. In 2007, Stanford  made significant changes to the MBA curriculum, many of which called for  smaller class sizes; the Knight Management Center was built to reflect  these changes (for example, there are a variety of designated rooms for individual study, group work, and class breakout  sessions). The Knight Management Center is named for Phil Knight, MBA \u201862  and the founder of Nike, who made a $105 million donation toward the  building. The Center is seeking a LEED Platinum rating for environmental  sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the features of the Management Center include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bass Center: \u201cintellectual heart\u201d of the building, with classrooms, group\/individual study spaces, and the library<\/li>\n<li>Helmsley MBA Lounge: place for casual student gatherings<\/li>\n<li>Comex Auditorium: for lectures, speaker series, conferences and other large gatherings (up to 600 people)<\/li>\n<li>Arbunkle Dining Pavilion: blends indoor and outdoor dining spaces, seats up to 400<\/li>\n<li>Coffeeshop operated by popular local cafe<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor spaces for student meetings and gatherings<\/li>\n<li>Underground parking garage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about the Knight Management Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsb.stanford.edu\/knightcenter\/index.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>MIT Sloan: Building E62<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/e62.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15354 aligncenter\" title=\"e62\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/e62.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Officially  opened in September 2010 -- and in spite of what Boston.com called its  \u201ccharacteristically un-glam designation\u201d -- MIT Sloan\u2019s Building E62 was  designed to be the \u201cheart of MIT Sloan.\u201d E62 was designed to bring  together Sloan\u2019s faculty in one building, as well as to accommodate  classes and collaborative work; before E62 was build, Sloan students  didn\u2019t have one particular place in which to congregate. Sustainability  was also a key aim of the building from the beginning, and the building  has applied for LEED Gold certification. (Read more about the green  building process <a href=\"https:\/\/web.mit.edu\/newsoffice\/2011\/e62-green-building-0513.html\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Some of the features of E62 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A cafeteria on the ground floor, open to the public<\/li>\n<li>Faculty offices to bring together all business school professors in one place<\/li>\n<li>State of the art classrooms with cutting-edge instructional technology<\/li>\n<li>Functional study rooms built for collaborative work<\/li>\n<li>Eco-friendly design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Yale School of Management: Edward P. Evans Hall<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15355\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/yale_som.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15355\" title=\"yale_som\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/yale_som.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of Edward P. Evans Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yale\u2019s SOM celebrated the groundbreaking for Edward P. Evans Hall, the new  business school campus, this April. According to a Yale press release,  the school\u2019s current campus, \u201ca collection of renovated mansions joined  to modern buildings, has constricted Yale\u2019s SOM\u2019s growth.\u201d The new  building, which will be funded in large part by a $50 million donation  from Yale College alum Edward P. Evans, will feature state of the art  classrooms, offices and gathering spaces around a central courtyard. It is scheduled for completion in 2013. The  school also plans to employ green building techniques in the building  of the campus.<\/p>\n<p>According  to the lead architect from Foster + Partners\u2019, the architectural firm  designing the campus, some of the most important goals include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Classrooms that enable interactive dialogue and discussion<\/li>\n<li>Classrooms, breakout rooms and other spaces to facilitate teamwork<\/li>\n<li>Flexible study environments<\/li>\n<li>Capacity to host major business school community events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Columbia Business School: New Manhattanville Campus<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Columbia  is currently in the planning stages for a new 450,000 square foot  campus in West Harlem\u2019s Manhattanville neighborhood. In fall 2010, the  school announced that Henry R. Kravis \u201869, the co-founder, co-chairman  and co-CEO of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co., had donated $100  million (the largest gift in the school\u2019s history) to the Business  School for the project. The facilities will be designed by the  architectural firm Diller Scofidio Renfro, well-known for designing the  High Line park in New York City as well as many other structures.<\/p>\n<p>While  Columbia\u2019s expansion into West Harlem has been met with a great deal of  opposition by the neighborhood\u2019s residents, Columbia maintains that the  new location will help broaden community engagement programs and  support local entrepreneurs, in addition to providing Columbia students  with larger, state of the art facilities. The school hopes to have the  first phase of construction complete by 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post was written by Meghan Daniels. For more Knewton GMAT prep advice, check out the Knewton GMAT blog. 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